Li Mu Bai on 25 March 2007
Shane said:
The only positive I've heard about the Wii's software architecture is from Majesco, who says it fits their budget games strategy perfectly. So in addition to Boogie, we can look forward to more Cooking Mama Cookoff. Square and Take Two aren't going to dumb down their games to suit Nintendo's needs. Granted, anyone using UE3 can probably make games cheaper on PS3/360 than they can on Wii.
I'd take Sony's first/second party over Nintendo's in terms of sales. They need to find a way to replace the hit they took when Rare left, which didn't happen during the Cube's lifetime.
That's a lie, plenty of developers have chimed in very positively on the Wii platform & FHC mechanics & gaming possibilities. You're right, Square & Take-Two will develop their own proprietary engines utilizing the Wii's strengths. How's Rare working out for MS? Any GE, PD, DKC, Banjo type platinum hits released yet? I wonder why the Stamper brothers left to form a new studio? Why was the developer/programmer turnover so high there? How's Viva selling? Do not start regarding Rare, they aren't the developers they once were. Sony does indeed have some talented 1st/2nd party dev. groups, but the Playstation has always relied heavily upon 3rd party exclusives to maintain dominance & their marketshare allowed for this. It does not any longer, their arrogance (like Nintendo's once upon a time) has been their undoing.
Remember this quote? "We could sell 5million units alone without a single game." How's that coming? How many people are getting that second job Ken?
"The things we touch have no permanence."